Well if you grew up in North Knoxville --- you knew where the original Louis' Pizza Restaurant was! And I remember when the brothers had a fight and 1 opened a 2nd Louis' restaurant next door to the original. 
And in Lonsdale, where my grandparents lived until retirement, there was a small restaurant where we went to Sunday dinner (Heath's I believe was the name) after church at Euclid Ave. Baptist Church! Lordy the memories when I was little with my granny and grandpa in that area! Sometimes when I'm in Knoxville visiting now, I still go by their old house.
Oh, and I used to watch the Cas Walker show in the early mornings just to hear Ms. Dolly Parton sing -- I loved hearing her then and now. PLUS, we used to vacation every summer in Pitman Center (where she was raised) -- and walk to the Parton store for ice cream!
. And in Lonsdale, where my grandparents lived until retirement, there was a small restaurant where we went to Sunday dinner (Heath's I believe was the name) after church at Euclid Ave. Baptist Church! Lordy the memories when I was little with my granny and grandpa in that area! Sometimes when I'm in Knoxville visiting now, I still go by their old house.
Oh, and I used to watch the Cas Walker show in the early mornings just to hear Ms. Dolly Parton sing -- I loved hearing her then and now. PLUS, we used to vacation every summer in Pitman Center (where she was raised) -- and walk to the Parton store for ice cream!
Kay's Ice Cream with the big ice cream cone outside was a S Knoxville icon, and had been since the 50s I think, when I moved to Knoxville in 1982. Kay's closed (sadly) during the pandemic, but the ice cream cone is still there, and there is a Thai restaurant where Kay's used to be, but it does serve ice cream of some sort.
So who won between the Louis brothers, or did they both go out of bidness?
